Problem detail · source-aware

The Finite Field Restriction Problem for the Paraboloid

partialconfidence 70%

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Precise statement

For the three-dimensional paraboloid $P_3$ over a prime field in which $-1$ is not a square, the Fourier extension operator maps $L^2$ to $L^r$ for $r > 176/51 = 3.45098\ldots$, improving the exponent by combining a bilinear approach with point-line incidence bounds.

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What AI did

ChatGPT

The author states he used ChatGPT to help organize the argument and to identify the cutoffs used to optimize the estimates. Choosing those cutoffs is what fixes the exponent, so the contribution touches the result rather than only the write-up.

Provider: OpenAI · Prompt public: unknown · Independence: unknown

Verification boundary

unreviewed

Single-author arXiv preprint; not yet peer-reviewed.

Correctness: unknown · statement fidelity: unaudited · peer review: none

Timeline

  1. arXiv:2606.22882 - A bilinear approach to the finite field restriction problem, II

    a record exponent; the conjectured range is not yet reached

Known method families

argument (source-reported)

Source-reported tools: argument.

Independent: unknown · difference confidence: 0

What remains uncertain

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